beautify

Add visual appeal

To beautify is to make something more attractive or aesthetically pleasing: They beautified the neighborhood by planting trees along every street.

The word often applies to deliberate improvement of spaces or appearances—landscaping, cosmetic treatments, urban renewal.

She spent an hour beautifying herself before the party.

decorate

adorn

Add beauty to

festoon · bedeck · drape · trim · array · gild · enrich · accessorize · dress up · spruce up

improve

enhance

Increase in quality

perfect · elevate · enrich · revitalize · rejuvenate · restore · refresh · renew · revamp · remodel

landscape

garden

Cultivated plant area

trim · landscape · hardscape · flowerbeds · hedges · lawn · topiary · terrace · patio · arbor

groom

primp

Groom oneself fastidiously

  • preenGroom with self-satisfaction
  • styleDistinctive way of expression
  • coifArranged hair style

manicure · pedicure · exfoliate · cleanse · moisturize · pamper · cosmetics · makeup · skincare · haircare

aesthetic

elegance

Refined, graceful quality

  • graceEffortless beauty of motion
  • harmonyAgreement or musical blend
  • symmetryInvariance under transformation

balance · proportion · refinement · taste · style · composition · form · loveliness · attractiveness · comeliness

Categories
Opposites
aesthetic transformation

beautifyuglify

Make unattractive

disfigure · deface · mar · blemish · scar

addition vs. removal

beautifystrip

Narrow elongated piece

bare · denude · expose · uncover · simplify

Phrases
Family

beautiful, beautician, beautifying, beautified, beautification, beautifies, beautifier, beautifiers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G